Both Uses of
influential
in
Hiroshima, by John Hersey
- The police had questioned him several times, and just a few days before, he had heard that an influential acquaintance, a Mr Tanaka a retired officer of the Toyo Kisen Kaisha steamship line, an anti-Christian, a man famous in Hiroshima for his showy philanthropies and notorious for his personal tyrannies, had been telling people that Tanimoto should not be trusted.†
Chpt 1influential = having influence (affecting people or events)
- On and between speaking trips, Tanimoto began submitting his peace-center memorandum to people he hoped might be influential.†
Chpt 5 *
Definition:
having influence (the ability to affect people or events) -- especially due to respect or admiration